Variable in condition template value

[supple edge]

Hi

I would like to create an automation that change an input select based on person's state and current select's value.
For example, if person A is "not_home" and select is "home", then select change to "just left". If select is "just arrived" then select change to "away".

It works great with one person and hard coded entity id. But we're four people in my house and I would like to create one automation to handle this for everyone.

What I did is to set a trigger id that looks like : people.state.person or people.state
Then I split the trigger id to get the part I want for example :

metadata: {}
data_template:
  option: "{{trigger.id.split('.')[1]}}"
target:
  entity_id: input_select.{{trigger.id.split('.')[0]|lower}}_presence_dropdown```

The problem is that I need to use select in a condition template to check is current value. I don't achieve to check select value based on a variable name.

I tried several thing like :

```condition: template
value_template: >-
  {% set test = 'input_select.'+trigger.id.split('.')[0]+'_presence_dropdown'
  %} 
  {{ test == 'Away'}}```

or

```condition: template
value_template: >-
 {{ 'input_select.'+trigger.id.split('.')[0]+'_presence_dropdown' == 'Away'}}```

But I don't find a way to do this.

Do you think it's possible ?

Thanks for your help.

[dusk forge]

you're just constructing the entity_id and not actually reading the state

see: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/#states

you're essentially testing for "input_select.xxx" == "Away"

[supple edge]

Thanks for your help

So I tried to add "states." in test variable like that

[dusk forge]

that's not the right way to do it

{{ is_state('input_select.'+trigger.id.split('.')[0]+'_presence_dropdown', 'Away') }}

see the big yellow warning:

Avoid using states.sensor.temperature.state, instead use states('sensor.temperature'). It is strongly advised to use the states(), is_state(), state_attr() and is_state_attr() as much as possible, to avoid errors and error message when the entity isn’t ready yet (e.g., during Home Assistant startup).

[supple edge]

I tried this (thanks for the warning) but it didn’t work. It’s always false

[dusk forge]

what is the state of that entity? are you sure that the entity_id is being constructed properly?

what is an example of a trigger.id?

is it something like person.rob? I'm not sure what the point of the parsing is

What I did is to set a trigger id that looks like : people.state.person or people.state
This sounds like you're overcomplicating it

[supple edge]

trigger.id looks like : rob.away or rob.extended away or rob.not_home.person

[dusk forge]

ok. then I have the other questions above

[supple edge]

Currently the entity is Away

[dusk forge]

then the condition won't be false

[supple edge]

Indeed there’s something else

I don’t how to see if the entity is well constructed

[dusk forge]

use the trace

[supple edge]

I checked variable and split part

[dusk forge]

or print it in the log, or a persistent_notification

[supple edge]

If I print {{ state('input_select.'+trigger.id.split('.')[0]+'_presence_dropdown') }} it’s good ?

[dusk forge]

I would also print the entity_id that you're constructing

[dusk forge]

you have it backward

it's input_select

and it's states() not state()

and you apparently have "input select." wth a space in it somewhere

a bunch of typos

[supple edge]

I don’t see these problems in the yaml

[dusk forge]

i'm just reading your screenshot

lots of obvious issues in there

you're clearly constructing the entity_id wrong there

see select_input

and input select

[supple edge]

I’m going crazy I don’t see these errors 🤪

Ok I rebooted HA and it’s better.

[dusk forge]

sounds like you weren't reloading the automation

again, it's states(), not state()

these are all just typos

[supple edge]

it's work great

thanks a lot for your help !

[supple edge]

do you know if it's possible to get the event_id for an input_select ?

when I try to ouput {{trigger.entity_id}}, it works for person.rob trigger but not for input_select trigger

[manic jasper]

If you actually use a state trigger trigger.entity_id should just work for an input_select as well.

[supple edge]

For input select the result is empty

It works great for person trigger

[manic jasper]

Can you post the yaml? As I did a quick test with:

alias: Test input select entity id
description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - input_select.test
conditions: []
actions:
  - action: persistent_notification.create
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: "{{ trigger.entity_id }}"
mode: single

And that just gives me a notification with "input_select.test".

[manic jasper]

I assume you're talking about the telegram_bot.send_message?
Did you also had a look at the trace?

[supple edge]

I saw entity id : input_select.erwann_presence_dropdown

for the trigger

and for the telgram send message :

so the message seems to be good on trace

[manic jasper]

So it is good in the trace but not in the received message?

I do notice a random question mark behind it which I can't explain with the code you showed...

[supple edge]

yes I remove it but same problem

by the way, is it possible to test if entity_id contain a specific string ?

[manic jasper]

Remove it? The question mark you mean? As I don't see it at all in the automation...

And trigger.entity_is is just a string, you can do with it whatever you can do with any string. It's nothing special

[supple edge]

Ok I achieve to test trigger.entity_id and it works

thanks for your help !